New research out of Death Valley from @rheelab.bsky.social! 🏜️ Learn how one desert plant beats the heat through photosynthetic acclimation in their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience #PlantResilience

Looking forward to RBMP 2026 in Bilbao, where I’m honored to join as a keynote speaker. A central meeting for plant molecular biology in Europe. Don’t miss it.

Phosphorus is essential for global food production, yet its supply is limited. PRI researchers have now uncovered a signaling pathway that explains how plants delay flowering when phosphorus runs low, opening doors to nutrient-efficient crops. @hatem-rouached.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social

🚨 New in Developmental Cell @Dev_Cell Our team uncovered how plants sense phosphorus deficiency and delay flowering — a molecular “switch” that links nutrient stress to development. A step toward breeding nutrient-smart crops! authors.elsevier.com/a/1m2id5Sx5g... @MSU_PRI @MSUAgBio @MSU_PSM

Today's the day! Come learn about plant resilience at the largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM gathering in the country, #NDiSTEM2025! 🧑‍🔬 Make sure to also stop by the MSU exhibitor booths (numbers 631, 633, and 635) to learn about #plantscience graduate programs! @sacnas.bsky.social

Awesome aerial photo of our switchgrass harvest at the @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social by Ruben Ulbrich. You can see the progression of the harvest from right to left: cut plants to tied plants to soon to be tied plants. @msupri.bsky.social

Connect with the plant phenotyping community at the 2026 @nappn.bsky.social Annual Conference, taking place February 9-12 at MSU! To be considered for a talk, abstracts are due October 31, 2025! Register & submit your abstract at: www.plantphenotyping.org/conference-h... #NAPPN2026 #PlantScience

We're excited for #NDiSTEM2025 this week! For those of you heading to Columbus, Ohio to attend, join us at the STEM symposia "From Stress to Strength: Understanding Plant Resilience Across Scales." Learn more at: www.sacnas.org/conference @sacnas.bsky.social #SACNAS #STEMCommunity #PlantResilience

Congratulations to the newest cohort of PRI Seed Grant Program awardees! Their projects reflect the creativity and dedication of MSU trainees working collaboratively to address critical challenges in #plantresilience. View the full list of funded projects at: plantresilience.msu.edu/resources/fu...

Plant scientists at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute, including @rheelab.bsky.social, stand ready to meet the challenge of improving global food security. Read more about how MSU is working to build climate-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/10... #SpartansWill #PlantResilience

Check out our new preprint on monkeyflower salt spray adaptation, with coauthors @pcdurant.bsky.social, Katherine Egeler, and @davidlowry.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A new review article from @msupri.bsky.social scientists with collaboration from ag industry colleagues. Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

TOMORROW is the LAST DAY to submit an abstract for the first annual WALII Symposium! 💧🗓️ Submit your abstract now! www.walii.science/virtual-symp...

C-SPIRIT’s Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) is giving a keynote at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress! 🌱 🗓️ Oct 21 | 6:30-7:15 pm CT 💬 Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork See more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx #PlantScience

We're excited to welcome Christopher Topp to the Plant Resilience Institute! Dr. Topp uses powerful imaging tools to envision the future of sustainable agriculture, and he will soon bring his expertise in root biology to MSU. Read the full story: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

Only 10 days left to apply to the MSU Plant Resilience Institute for a faculty position.We're looking for 1 junior and 1 senior faculty. Applications submitted after 10/15 cannot be considered. Join us! It's a very collaborative, fun, innovative group of plant biologists. Apply at: lnkd.in/eRyDv_Pi

Did you miss the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images? No worries! You can view it here: youtu.be/4TMJt69yyjw

📌 Institutional Feature Series | No. 16: Michigan State University MSU’s 37 members contribute to 6 areas of work: discovery, annotation, gene-pathway studies, lab/field testing, toxicity testing, and broader impacts. We're lucky to have their expertise! 🔗 c-spirit.org/research #PlantScience

🚨 Just one week left to submit an abstract for the first annual WALII Virtual Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water!

This summer, Sydney Chen and Imani Pascoe, doctoral students in Sarah Lebeis' lab, traveled to Cologne, Germany to present their research at the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Representing the Lebeis Lab and MGI with excellence! 🦠🌱

Check out this opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher to join us at C-SPIRIT! #plantscience

Our September newsletter is out! 🌿 Inside: 🔹Blogpost on C-SPIRIT’s role in the bioeconomy 🔹Spotlight on the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences 🔹Member publications 🔹Upcoming events ...and more! 👉 Read: createsend.com/t/y-23A65796... ✉️ Subscribe: forms.gle/Wkz3TgNQ2wJZ... #plantscience

The @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how #nematodes respond to chemical and environmental cues as part of @c-spirit.org and @waliianhydro.bsky.social. 🪱 Apply now at: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

Next Week! Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search! We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

Congratulations to all the incredible trainee presenters at #GLPSC2025! Your flash talks and posters showcased the creativity and rigor driving the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region. We’re excited to highlight our competition winners! 🏆🧵

This past weekend, members of WALII presented their posters at the first annual Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. WALII member Erin Cushing's poster on "Decoding Desiccation Tolerance in Arabidopsis Seeds" tied for second place at the poster competition! #GLPSC2025

In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we want to extend our sincere gratitude to the postdoctoral researchers at MSU's Plant Resilience Institute. We’re proud to work alongside you and excited to support your continued growth and success. PRI is more resilient because of all of you! 🌱

🌿 C-SPIRIT members represented at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference this past weekend in Lansing, Michigan! 5 members of our research team gave fantastic poster presentations: Shogo Kuwayama, Kwang-chul Shin, Karine Prado, Danielle Hoffmann, & Bri Hashim 🌱 #PlantScience #GLPSC2025

I won the FIRST place in the flash talk competition at #GLPSC2025 🍀 I must admit, it was unexpected because this was my first flash talk and let me tell you; explaining what you do in 3 minutes is not easy! Thanks to organizers of #GLPSC2025 for the opportunity to share my work on 🌱 and space 🛰️

Thank you to everyone who attended the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference and helped make it a success! This inaugural meeting brought together 416 registrants from 55 institutions. Together, we’ve built momentum for the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region and beyond! #GLPSC2025

WALII member Cathy Mercado from the VanBuren Lab at Michigan State University, presented her poster, "Photoprotective Strategies Underlying Desiccation Tolerance in Linderniaceae" at the very first Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! #GLPSC2025

We're here at the first GLPSC in Lansing! Come stop by our booth for a chance to win our prize pack! #GLPSC2025 #BioChambers #PlantScience #MSU

The 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference is in full swing! 416 registrants from the Great Lakes region and beyond are connecting, presenting, and pushing the boundaries of plant science together. 🌿 #GLPSC2025

Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍 #ChooseLansing

Join us for the very first inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025! Abstract submissions for a contributed talk are NOW OPEN! Selected speakers will be chosen in Oct. and will present 10-12 minute talks followed by 3-5 minutes of Q&A. For More: www.walii.science/virtual-symp...

✨Redefining epigenetic variation in evolution. Our @NaturePlants paper shows gene body DNA methylation as a major force shaping expression, traits, and adaptation in plants. Synergy with Shahzad @ShahzadZaigham & Zilberman Labs—congrats🎉. rdcu.be/eFRJy @MSU_PRI

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search! We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

The @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how #nematodes respond to chemical and environmental cues as part of @c-spirit.org and @waliianhydro.bsky.social. 🪱 Apply now at: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

📢 The August 2025 issue of C-SPIRIT News is live! Inside: 🧪 Aim 4 blog post w/ Nicola Patron 🌍 Spotlight on University of Tsukuba 📚 New community papers 📅 Upcoming events and more! Read 👉 createsend.com/t/y-10BF2EE5... Sub 👉 forms.gle/MtFfdJoPaeWw... Learn more 👉 c-spirit.org #plantscience

FINAL CALL! ⏰ Registration for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference closes this weekend – Sunday, August 31st at 11:59 p.m. ET. Join plant scientists from across the region Sept. 12–14 in Lansing, MI for #GLPSC2025. Don’t miss out! 🌱 Register now: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

New preprint up: "Single-cell-level response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here we show that drought response supersedes differences in cell identity and identify key transcriptional regulators.

The discovery of how plants move life’s building blocks has unlocked new potential for developing nutrient-rich crops and ensuring food security. 🌱 Read how an international research team, including PRI's Peter Lundquist, solved a decades-old mystery in #plantscience: natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

🎉 Congrats to C-SPIRIT Member Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) & her colleagues on their new paper in New Phytologist! 🧬They explore metabolic biocondensates that boost efficiency & stress response, aligned with our mission for resilient, sustainable crops 📖: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #plantscience

🚨 Less than 1 week left to register for #GLPSC2025! Join us September 12–14 in Lansing, MI for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, and help expand the horizons of #plantscience across the Great Lakes region and beyond! ⏳ Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

⏰The 2026 Plantae Fellows program application closes this Sunday, August 31! We need your help to nurture and grow Plantae, the online home for the global plant science community that is powered by @aspbofficial.bsky.social.🌱 👉Learn more and apply now! plantae.org/2026fellowsapp. #PlantScience

The Howe lab at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to lead a project focused on discovering a new class of regulatory metabolites and their nuclear signaling mechanisms that govern plant resilience. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

Join us for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images! This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET. Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

🚨 Less than 1 week left to register for #GLPSC2025! Join us September 12–14 in Lansing, MI for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, and help expand the horizons of #plantscience across the Great Lakes region and beyond! ⏳ Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025